IF YOU KNOW WHO THIS MAN IS -- CALL K- C-K POLICE OR THE TIPS HOTLINE. A NORTHLAND HOMEOWNER IS GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE TONIGHT, AFTER A HOME INVASION THAT LEFT HIM BLOODIED AND BEATEN. TONIGHT, POLICE WANT YOUR HELP TO FIND OUT WHO DID IT. KMBC 9'S PEGGY BREIT IS LIVE AT THE HOME. PEGGY... IT WAS MONDAY EVENING AT THIS HOME... STILL DAYLIGHT. THE HOMEOWNER, WHO ONLY WANTS TO BE IDENTIFIED AS AL, SAYS THE FRONT DOOR WAS UNLOCKED BECAUSE HIS NIECE WAS ABOUT TO ARRIVE. THEN THREE ARMED MEN BARGED IN, THREATENING TO KILL HIM IF HE TOLD THEM HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. THEN THEY RANSACKED THE HOUSE, TAKING CASH, PHONES, ELECTRONICS AND MEDICATIONS... AND PISTOL-WHIPPED AL AND HIS GROWN SON. MY EYE WAS SWOLLEN UP AND CLOSED, ALMOST CLOSED, I HAD A BIG OLD GASH ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD ON BOTH SIDES, THE BACK OF MY HEAD. NEIGHBORS REPORTED SEEING A BLACK SEDAN WITH DARKLY TINTED WINDOWS SCREECHING FROM THE SCENE. AL IS STAYING WITH RELATIVES OUT OF STATE WHILE RECOVERING... HE SAYS HE HAS NO IDEA WHO THE INTRUDERS WERE... OR WHY THEY TO CONTACT THE TIPS HOTLINE THROUGH TEXT OR PHONE, 816- 474-T-I-P-S. LIVE IN THE NORTHLAND, PB, KMBC 9 NEWS. AL SAYS IT'S VERY FORTUNATE THERE WERE NO SMALL CHILDREN AT THE